http://My-Symbian.com/ My-Symbian.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:08:06 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en S60 3rd & 5th Ed. This year's Samsung IQ competition is now open with full details and support published to help you develop a Samsung Mobile Widget for the Samsung Omnia i8910 HD. There is a lot of excitement surrounding this device, particularly at the Symbian Foundation. The best submission this year will take out a £15,000 first prize, while second and third place winners will receive £8,000 and £5,000 respectively. All winners will also have the opportunity to have their entry distributed through Samsung's MORE WIDGETS service. This feature is already included on the i8910 HD, but you'll soon be seeing it on a lot more Samsung handsets in the marketplace. Why Samsung Mobile Widgets? Samsung IQ's purpose this year is to introduce Samsung Mobile Widgets and get you thinking about the opportunities they present to developers. You can find out more about Samsung Mobile Widgets from the Samsung IQ 2009 resources page in the Knowledge Base, but here are the highlights: * Samsung Mobile Widgets follow the W3C draft standard for widget packaging and are delivered as WGT files. * In the Touch Wiz UI, Samsung Mobile Widgets install to the home screen widget tray. They can be dragged from the tray to the home screen, and are launched and run directly on the home screen. This makes it possible to have multiple active widgets running simultaneously. The i8910 HD home screen supports up to three separate views, so that users can switch between different sets of widgets for different occasions. * Samsung Mobile Widgets support multiple HTML pages. This gives you the opportunity to offer your users richer experiences by creating multi-view widgets, and makes it possible to provide fully localised content based on separate pages for each locale. Like all widgets Samsung Mobile Widgets are based on standard web technologies including dynamic HTML, CSS, JavaScript and asynchronous XML requests. It is undoubtedly due to the relative ease with which these scripting languages can be mastered (compared to native languages), and the level of functionality that they offer the developer, that widgets have become so popular. This is evidenced by the numerous tools that have recently become available to assist mobile developers building widgets. The possibilities for your Samsung Mobile Widget are limitless and that's why the choice of category is open and you're given complete freedom. The winning widgets will be those that provide an innovative solution to a current problem and improve the experience for the Samsung Mobile customer. They could even be widgets that you have already created modified to run on the Touch Wiz UI. The only fixed thing is the deadline. All widgets must be submitted by Friday 14th August 2009 for judging. Winners will be announced in late August. For more information and to submit your widgets visit the Samsung IQ website and the Samsung IQ 2009 Resources page. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6041&c=6 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:04:17 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. PhoneBAK GPS by BAK2u is an integrated solution ('Anti-theft', 'GPS Tracking' and 'Emergency') that lets users locate their friends, classmates, vehicles or family members to know their whereabouts. PhoneBAK GPS lets the parents see the location of their children mobile phones, employers to track their vehicles and also the whereabout of employees (journalists, agents etc) when carrying out their work. The "Antitheft" function immediately sends all details about the "new owner" to you once the SIM card has been replaced and is also capable of remotely performing hard reset or data wipout on your request. The "SOS Alert" funtion lets you 'single-tap' quick dial in an emergency to a configurable telephone number and also send out the latest GPS location to a pre-defined email address. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6036&c=6 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:22:25 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. FingerPrint Scanner for 5800 & N97 by ThinkChange simulates uses your fingerprint to unlock your phone, just for fun. Trick your friends into believing that your touchscreen phone really has a finger print sensor ;-) http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6035&c=6 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:11:26 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. Nokia Beta Labs have released new, completely rewritten Java Runtimes 2.0 for Nokia S60 5th Edition. (5800, N97) smartphones, providing performance improvements and functionality enhancements (e.g. one-click installation, animation during application starting). From now on Java development will be carried out independently and new versions will be available via the "Software Update" application assuring that you can update your phone once new version has been released. Download the new Runtime from Nokia Beta Labs. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6039&c=6 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:40:54 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. Enjoy the freedom of wireless webcam with your mobile phone camera. WWIGO by Motvik stands for Webcam Wherever I Go. It converts every cameraphone into a webcam for desktop. WWIGO consists of two software components: mobile component that resides on phone and streams video to PC, and PC component that receives video over Bluetooth or WiFi. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6038&c=6 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:31:33 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. GoogaSync from Synble Oy is an extensive bi-directional synchronization solution for syncing your personal Google Calendar or hosted Google Apps calendar with your Symbian mobile phone. Supports all standard events, multiple calendars (BETA), appointments, recurring events, all-day events, birthdays and alarms. Secure and really easy to use, includes scheduled synchronization which keeps your calendars always automatically in sync. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6037&c=6 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:22:26 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. Nokia has just released a v11 firmware update for the Nokia N97. Changes include USB detection error fix, widget support fixes and enhancements, UI transition error fixes, thumbnail generation performance increase, Mail for Exchange fixes, and general stability and performance fixes. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6040&c=6 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:50:00 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. Stay on top of the hottest apps with My-Symbian InHand. InHand is a free app you can load to your device that allows you to easily buy and download the latest, best-in-class content over-the-air. The app store offers easy access to great new products that will keep you organized, informed, or just plain entertained. With stellar games and new apps from some of the hottest names in the business, InHand is your one-stop shop for application downloads. For easy shopping, each product in the InHand catalog includes a detailed description, user rating, and screenshot to help you decide what software best fits your needs and wants. Product delivery and purchasing are completed directly via the device, so you don't have to mess with sync cables and desktop software. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6034&c=6 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:24:11 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. FuelLog for S60 by MD-Soft is a fuel consumption and fuel expense monitor software. For each fill up odometer, fuel and expense are entered and FuelLog calculates the distance covered since the last fill up, fuel consumption, distance per tank, cost per distance, cost per day and fuel price. All data is stored with the date and an optional note and can be exported to a CSV-file for further analysis in spreadsheet or database programs. FuelLog for S60 manages two vehicles. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6033&c=6 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:08:21 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. Safe Deposit Box by WebGate is a reliable file protection utility for your S60 phone. Now you can collect all of your important and secret content in a hidden depository, locked with a password to restrict it from unauthorized access. Safe Deposit Box is specially designed to safeguard important or secret documents, pictures and other files from unsolicited access by other people. The application is password-protected at start-up and keeps your files invisible until the password is entered. Important documents, confidential personal or business files, secret images and videos, your most important audio files - now you can lock and hide them all just by moving the files to the Safe Deposit Box. Once locked, the protected files will no longer be visible and accessible from anywhere else. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6031&c=6 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:43:05 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. Easy Busy from WebGate lets you keep away unwanted callers. Sales calls and phone surveys, stalkers, your ex-boy or girlfriend, your mom (at times), so many calls that you want to avoid... Easy Busy comes to help and allows you to keep away calls from people that you would like to ignore. Calls are rejected by an instant busy tone (not interrupting your privacy) with ultra-fast caller recognition so that the caller thinks the line is busy. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6032&c=6 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:43:06 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. Want to accept calls automatically and talk hands free without special hardware headset? Now it is possible with LoudSpeaker by SymbianGuru. LoudSpeaker allows you to accept calls automatically and to talk by phone remotely without any hardware. You can use it instead of your Bluetooth headset. Use it in your car, on your way, or when occupied. The software is fully customizable. You can choose the profile, when the software should be activated and answer your incoming calls and set your own sound on answer and on hang up from the list of available tunes on your phone. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6030&c=6 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:02:21 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. HanDBase by DDH Software is a mobile relational database that has been awarded top honors by leading handheld reviewers for its simple interface enabling users the ability to create their own custom database solution in minutes. This new version is optimized for S60 5th Edition devices (5800 XpressMusic, N97, Omnia HD). http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6029&c=6 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:52:33 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. Samsung Omnia HD i8910 is one of those few devices REALLY worth reviewing. The first part of my Samsung Omnia HD review is focused on i8910's HARDWARE: the new powerful OMAP3430 (ARM Cortex A8) processor, PowerVR SGX GPU, large operating memory, 8 Megapixel camera, HD 720p video recording, huge 3.7" capacitive AMOLED screen, improved GPS, and how fast is the Omnia HD compared to other S60 5th Edition phones. The second part, coming in a couple of days, will describe all software related details, i.e. the operating system and applications, compatibility, whether the software takes advantage and is properly optimized for the powerful hardware, and more. If you have any questions regarding the current part or the upcoming Software part, please post them on our S60 5th Edition Discussion Forum. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6028&c=6 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:00:51 +0200 S60 3rd & 5th Ed. Swift, slim and resourceful are three words that accurately describe the new Nokia E72, which was unveiled at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore today. Nokia's latest S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (Symbian OS 9.3) based, full QWERTY smartphone brings a rich mobile email and instant messaging experience right out of the box, making it the ideal device for people that want to be productive in both their personal and professional lives. Building on the formula from the hugely successful Nokia E71, Nokia's best selling QWERTY device to date, this latest arrival in Nokia's Eseries family maintains essential elements of its predecessor, whilst still improving its capabilities in a number of areas. "We included the desktop like email experience from the Nokia E75 and gave it a new optical navigation key for more intuitive scrolling through menus, emails and fast panning of images. We also upgraded the camera to 5 megapixels and added a standard 3.5 mm audio jack", said Ilari Nurmi, Vice President at Nokia. On top of these developments, for the first time, owners will be able to set up instant messaging (IM) accounts provided by Nokia Messaging direct from the homescreen. In just a few steps, device owners will be able to connect to their favorite IM accounts such as Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and Ovi, amongst many others. These new IM features are complimented by Nokia's range of email solutions with a lifetime license for Nokia's mobile email and IM service, Nokia Messaging, as well as onboard clients for Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler. Accessing popular accounts such as Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Ovi Mail and thousands of other email service providers is simple through improved on-device email setup, with the same easy to use UI integrating all of the owner's corporate email accounts as well. Performance improvements are evident throughout the user experience including faster Internet up- and downlink speeds. Other notable features which should make the Nokia E72 as popular as recent Nokia Eseries introductions include A-GPS and compass with integrated Maps, including lifetime walk and 10 days of turn-by-turn navigation if activated within the first three months. Conversations are also clearer with active noise cancellation, and a torch can be activated with a single press of the spacebar key. The office capabilities have been updated with a new version of Quickoffice, which delivers Microsoft Office 2007 compatibility as well as free version upgrades when new features become available. Features include: * QVGA (320x240) display * S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 (Symbian OS 9.3) * 114x59.5x10.1 mm, 65 cc, 128 g * Optical d-pad (5-way scrolling) * Quadband, 3G, HSDPA, WiFi * single-core ARM1136 (Freescale MXC300-30) processor * Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Compass, A-GPS, Nokia Maps 3.0 * Stereo FM RDS Radio * 5 Megapixel (2592x1944) camera, VGA (640x480) video recording @ 15 fps * 250 MB internal storage memory, support for 16 GB microSD cards * 128 MB RAM (operating memory) * Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, microUSB, USB 2.0 High-speed, Nokia AV 3.5mm * BP-4L 3.7V 1500 mAh battery, USB charging * 16/22 (GSM/WCDMA) days of standby, 13/6 hours of talk time * 6.4 hours of video recording and 37.5 hours of music playback The Nokia E72 is expected to begin shipping late in the third quarter of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 350 before taxes and subsidies. More information: Press release, Gallery, Full specifications, Product pages. Discuss this new model on our S60 3rd Edition Discussion Forum. http://My-Symbian.com/main/index6.php?p=6027&c=6 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:22:25 +0200